Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

Much effort, much prosperity.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Leave no stone unturned.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

There is just one life for each of us: our own.

The greatest pleasure of life is love.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.